The other three had shorter sentences, with the shortest time of 3 years to be served by Shorty while the other two, Liu Chunhe and Skinny, would serve for 4 years.
Han Qingsong raised his eyebrows and pointed to Liu Chunhe, “This one is even more hateful, but he is just like Zhao Jianshe.”
To Han Qingsong, bringing people with evil intentions into his house was another added offence.
Huang Weizhong responded quickly as he took the documents and went back to change it, but Sun Zhuowen merely lowered the corner of his mouth.
They were in the same office and when they returned to their seats, Huang Weizhong glanced at Sun Zhuowen, telling him not to be impulsive.
After a while, the two took the document to Han Qingsong to sign them.
Han Qingsong signed the papers and asked, “When will our office’s tickets be issued?”
Huang Weizhong said, “Director Han, this will be issued by Minister Zhao of the Logistics Committee of the Revolutionary Committee. Generally, at the end of the month, the next month’s food tickets, meat tickets and non-staple food stamps would be issued. Cotton tickets are issued at the end of the year, but some don’t really have a fixed time of distribution.”
There were still two days left.
Han Qingsong nodded, “If you buy bricks, tiles and wood, who will you ask for approval?”
Seeing that Sun Zhuowen’s face was not that pleasant, Huang Weizhong quickly said, “It would be fine to find the Director of the Revolutionary Committee and the Director of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative. Of course, it would be more convenient to know the Director of the Brick Kiln Factory.”
Sun Zhuowen couldn’t help but choke, “Yo, Director Han is building a house as soon as he changes careers. I must say, the transfer fee must have been quite high.”
It was common sense to know that this type of rural soldier would only get a small transfer fee for a career change, and yet, Sun Zhuowen was baffled when he heard that the Director was going to build a new house. What was he trying to prove? Stop playing pretend!
Han Qingsong said, “It’s not high, so I’m only building a house of three rooms.”
Naturally, 1,000 Yuan was more than enough to build three rooms. In fact, it was sufficient to build a small courtyard.
When Sun Zhuowen heard this, he couldn’t help but feel jealous. They all lived in the dormitory of the Commune that only had one and a half or two rooms. However, to have his colleagues cramped in it as well was a fight for space. Living there was uncomfortable, so those whose hometown was near the Commune would stay at home whereas those from farther areas would have no choice but to live in the dormitories.
Sun Zhuowen happened to be from the Lin Commune. He was too far from home, so he had to live here. His household registry was not local either and he was not allowed to build a house, so he could only squeeze into the dormitory.
“Director Han is living lavishly; it’s really enviable.”
Han Qingsong got up and packed his things, “Don’t be envious— if you go to the army, you will definitely end up being in a better state than me.”
After he finished speaking, he walked to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative with his bag on his back.
Sun Zhuowen was so angry that he slapped the table, “For the love of God, look at how proud he is; he doesn’t take us seriously at all. A mud-legged man from the countryside really thinks that he is a hotshot Chief!”
Huang Weizhong advised him to be more restrained and not to confront the new Director head-on, “Regardless of anything else, he was still a Company Commander.”